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very very good turn out so if a lebanese first parliamentary elections in almost a decade. around the world this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. wrong again warns the u.s. against scrapping the nuclear deal as europe steps up efforts to save the agreement . more homes destroyed by law from a volcano in hawaii now locals face and new danger plus. praying for peace the attack on a church in central nigeria that devising this community.
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votes are being counted off to lebanon's first parliamentary elections and nine he is official results are expected in a few hours time supporters of the major parties have already been out celebrating interior minister says voter turnout was just under fifty percent down from fifty four percent in the two thousand and nine elections the country is using a new system based on proportional representation let's go live nazis anucha she's in beirut says and we will be saying official results for a few hours yet but one of the unofficial results indicating. well they're indicating who the winners are and who the losers are and with the clear winner is hezbollah the iranian backed group that group and its allies they're going to control more than half of the one hundred twenty eight seats of parliament so they have they are going to be the clear winners and already there are repercussions beyond lebanon israel saying now that the lebanese. under the control of. and we have to make clear that changed because the election in two thousand and nine.
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pro saudi which won the biggest share in parliament but since then has been increasing its influence not just. across the region and this is of course going to send alarm bells ringing in the united states. of course here in. the clear winner of this election and that's why the voter turnout was quite low is because people in one way or the other were just getting sick and tired of the political establishment. in one way or another were. foreign powers to foreign powers and there was really little concern. and. development.
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to concentrate on domestic issues. in a sunni area. why is it the prime minister. yes to lose seats but at the same time he's going to have. meant we were talking to people here and they're not considering a defeat or a loss what they're saying is the community was divided it was fragmented the vote was fragmented and that's why i had lost seats. politicians but he also lost seats to sunni politicians who are allied with hezbollah has lost popularity as of late he spent many years outside the country has been accused by some of being too lenient with hezbollah not taking a hardline stance against hezbollah agreeing to be a prime minister of
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a national unity government which includes hezbollah members in one way or another legitimizing. those are the criticism being leveled under. saying that. yes. we are expecting him to head the next cabinet because many observers believe the status quo is going to stay the same you're going to have a national unity government you're going to have government you're going to have members of hezbollah in the government ok many thanks from beirut. rebel fighters and leaving an enclave near the syrian city of homs under a deal brokered by russia a number of factions of the heavy weapons of the syrian army fighters are being evacuated to rebel held areas and the north. the process of getting the highway between homes and hama to begin. i think rebels in yemen have launched more missiles into saudi arabia aimed at several military
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targets in the national border region economic sites including oil storage areas also said to be hit saudi arabia defense systems were able to shoot down some of the missiles. the head of a yemeni provincial council in the south is chris sized what he calls unjust saudi an iraqi military presence in an island in the arabian sea on thursday troops from the u.a.e. forced local personnel to leave key locations on sykora near the horn of africa sparking protests the island hosts the major airports in a sea port with access to major shipping routes the prime minister described the u.s. troop deployment as an assault on the country's sovereignty. we went out in the not so of these forces are present insecure and in volumes that can't be understood there are legitimate troops in these areas other forces that belong to the who seems to be fought by the coalition here the answer is a big no. iran's president hassan rouhani is want america it will regret any
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decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal european leaders also trying to save the agreement later says u.k. foreign secretary forest johnson writing in the new york times he said of all the options we have for ensuring that iran never gets a nuclear weapon this pact offers the fewest disadvantages it has weaknesses certainly but i'm convinced they can be remedied i'm sure of one thing every available alternative is worse the wisest course would be to improve the handcuffs rather than break them on our johnson is on his way to the white house to convey that message in person as i left a book reports from washington. with the may twelfth deadline just days away president donald trump's new legal advisor offered this assessment of the iran nuclear deal to a gathering of iranian dissidents in washington what do you think is going to happen to that agreement. that nuclear agreement. was president trump a longtime critic of the pact is threatening to pull out of the deal by saturday
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unless it can be improved on sunday iranian president hassan rouhani offered a stern warning this salas money and energy i tell me if america leads to nuclear accord it will soon see that this will entail historic remorse for it shining the united states along with four other countries and the european union signed the joint comprehensive plan of action with iran in twenty fifteen. under the j. c.p.o. way iran agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons in exchange for the easing of sanctions president trump says the deal was flawed from the start in part because it allows some nuclear provisions to sunset in two thousand and twenty five. he's also blasted iran for its use of ballistic missiles in the region and has accused iran of supporting terrorism european allies have been pressing the u.s. president not to scrap the deal u.k. media say british foreign minister boris johnson is traveling to washington to meet with senior administration officials on the issue so it is really that visit
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followed similar meetings in washington last month with french president emmanuel mccrone and german chancellor angela merkel who both agree the pact isn't perfect but think it can be improved in an interview on sunday britain's ambassador to the u.s. expressed optimism about keeping the u.s. in the deal all those issues we have ideas we think that we can you can find some language produce much and that meets the president's concerns there are reports that former secretary of state john kerry who helped negotiate the under president barack obama is also meeting with foreign leaders to save the deal some republicans in congress say they aren't opposed to scrapping it but advised the president to be careful you need to have a clearer idea about next steps if when you are going to pull out president trump maintains he still hasn't made up his mind what he'll do but time is running out
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dion estabrook al jazeera washington let's have more now from iran and same as in the capital. president hassan rouhani is preparing his people for a worst case scenario the resumption of u.s. sanctions and they return to the economic isolation of the past but this is not the same iran that signed the nuclear deal in two thousand and fifteen. ronnie's message to his people is that iran has a more robust economy one able to withstand any aggression by the united states iran is also strategically stronger in the region than it was when it signed the deal with close ties to countries it has helped in open conflict including syria iraq lebanon and yemen and in recent years to iran has strengthened one to one trade and diplomatic ties with dozens of countries these are things are running leaders are pointing to as positive steps taken during the current administration and as to the tone of the iranian president's remarks about the united states it was likely for
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a domestic audience. honey mary herself to the success of the nuclear deal and as it begins to fall apart he finds himself defending his government's decision to enter into talks in the first place if the united states pulls out of the nuclear agreement many people say that it could bolster hardline lawmakers and military hawks here in iran or it could work out in president rouhani favor giving his government the moral highground to say to western powers that we try to get your way and now we will go back to making policy on our own terms. at least thirty homes have been destroyed almost two thousand people who wanted to leave off the eruption of hawaii's kilauea volcano have okayed as aca sentiments within twenty come to the states where molten lava has been slowly flowing into residential areas around says that and sent this reforms. the road into the eruption zone is cracked and broken fence of steam and toxic gas from the lava flows beneath below out
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deeper into what was once leylandii estates the enormous power of mt killer way it is plain to see we passed roads sealed off by meter high lava flows finally we reached a wall of burning rock and could go no further we've gotten just about as close to the lava as we can the smell of toxic sulfur dioxide is very strong in the air and it gets stronger when the wind blows from the wrong direction but if you look behind me here you can see that leylandii avenue this is formerly the main street in this community is completely covered with that black lava beyond it the smoke is the sign of another house that's being consumed by the lava people who have been living here have no idea when or if they'll ever be able to come back home more than twenty houses have been destroyed from the air you can see the main
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crater on kill away is still boiling with smoke and steam toxic gas from the deep magma chambers is the biggest threat to human life i'm most worried about the impact of sulfur dioxide people in our nostrils look here as the standing over time if there's extended exposure people get inflammation of their lungs and if people have underlying lung conditions like c o p d your emphysema they could get into trouble on sunday morning a long line of cars for him to some residents were permitted to enter the danger zone briefly to salvage important papers. medicine's paths and personal treasures but plenty more people are waiting to be allowed back in they want to get as is when they can go back to their residence and that's all what this whole issue about so that they can make themselves whole again this is not the whole why of glossy tourist posters and glamorous television shows this community is one of the poorest
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in the entire state volunteers set up an outdoor community center called up who hold or place of safety in the hawaiian language. to distribute donated emergency supplies food and water we all come together and want to make this make stuff happen the government not going to make it scientists say there's no way to predict when the eruption will end it could be days months or longer leaving the people here to wait and hope for the best rob reynolds al-jazeera the whole hawaii. i have two political dyson's go head to head and his upcoming general election and why the rural areas will be the deciding factor. and analysis or investigation reveals how experimental medical devices were used in mexico on patients having brain surgery.
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by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello and welcome to our international weather forecast to take a look at weather conditions across europe the sutler entry shows clear skies across many areas indeed it is find all the way from moscow in the east to manchester in the west we set that we've got this little trough of low pressure doesn't look much really but it's commision really nasty thunderstorms in the end of the bay of genoa so we're really disturbed weather here through monday some flash flooding is possible but fine conditions for paris fine conditions for a holiday in the u.k. twenty six degrees in london could be record temperatures in some parts of the u.k. but across central areas southeastern parts of europe maine pretty unsettled and the this is circulation in the black sea region so some storms are likely here twenty three the high in bucharest on the other side of the mediterranean generally fine conditions across eastern as with thirty degrees the high in cairo but you see
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this circulation of low pressure across syria which is going to give some lifted dust in places on cheers itself struggling with temperatures of just eighteen degrees into central parts of africa have seen some very stormy weather across nigeria in recent days doesn't it to about an hour forecast so just one or two showers likely here meanwhile across income pilot weather conditions looking quite sherry heiser twenty four fun across many parts of southern africa sunny sunshine in durban with highs here of twenty eight. the weather sponsored by cat time release. rewind returns with a new series they can bring your people back to life i'm sorry and brian you want dates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries in liberal i was the global flood and no i'm like any other student rewind continues with children of conflict. we'd love some peace in this world especially. children do not have any rights here rewind on al-jazeera.
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hello again you're watching out as there has a reminder of our top stories being counted ops eleven's first parliamentary elections in nine years official results are expected in a few hours but supporters of major parties have already been out on the street celebrating turnout was less than fifty percent. wrong the president has warned the u.s. against pulling out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal saying it was historic remorse. also said that iran has plans to respond to any decision by president double. has less than a week to whether he will withdrawal from the agreement. and at least thirty homes
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have been destroyed and almost two thousand people evacuated off their option of hawaii's kilauea volcano lava has spread to around thirty six thousand square meters and can be seen shooting sixty meters into the. a bomb blast at a mosque in afghanistan's eastern province of hasse has killed at least fourteen people police believe the mosque may have been targeted because it was being used as a voter registration center for october's parliamentary elections victoria case and the reports. these are the latest victims a mortar pays to be a series of attacks on voter registration centers where afghans go to pick up their identification cards the elections in october. we were praying at the mosque when a huge blast occurred i don't know what happened next police say a bomb was planted in the mosque in host province which was doubling up as a voter registration center two weeks ago when i saw a bombing killed around sixty people in the afghan capital kabul the center's open
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three weeks ago as part of the long process to get voters properly registered president ashraf ghani has condemned the attack that many afghans blame the government of failing to provide the centers with adequate security but. fortunately we witnessed a strong explosion in coast city more than ten people were killed and more than thirty were injured in this explosion we have women and children among the victims . allegations of food have long plagued elections in afghanistan the registration process is designed to guard against that the independent election commission says it hopes as many as fifty million people will register for the parliamentary and district council elections but the election commission admits turnout so far is already low this latest blast will do little to reassure people signing up to vote is worth the risk victoria gate to be al-jazeera. a seventeen year old is in
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a critical condition after being raped and satellites in india is the second such case in two days in the state of jharkhand police say they've arrested the main suspect in the gang rape and murder of another teenage girl donna boreal and several accomplices are accused of burning a sixteen year old alive after her parents complained to village elders about the sexual assault began and another suspects are said to be angry that the elders find them several hundred dollars as punishment pakistan's interior minister is recovering in hospital after being shot in the arm of her valley in punjab province police say a sonic well was targeted and a suspected assassination attempt which is news agency says the twenty one year old suspect is affiliated with the terror party which campaigns against blasphemy about his leader has joined widespread condemnation of the attack elections a jew in july. wednesday's general election in malaysia is being described as the most competitive ever held for us as far as louis reports from slang or state
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despite the challenge analysts expect another win for the world's longest serving elected government. one hundred kilometers from kuala lumpur is known for its fishing villages and rice fields it's in rural areas like these that the ruling alliance. has traditionally dominated but discontent is stirring. fishermen here are working longer hours just to be able to survive the high cost of living has really affected us things weren't so bad five or ten years ago he says the subsidies they receive are no longer sufficient and blames the goods and services tax imposed three years ago for the increase in overall costs. but there are others who say they are grateful to bars unless you know the only party that has ruled malaysia since independence in one nine hundred fifty seven. it's in places like these far from the cities that the election will be fought and won rural areas have long been given disproportionate electoral advantage here in sa
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about burnout the smallest voting area in the state of a vote is worth four point three votes compared to the largest constituency. the an equal number of voters who parliamentary seats was made worse after parliament hurriedly pushed through a motion to redraw electoral boundaries in march despite protests from the opposition and civil rights groups terrifically the minimum the got the minimums of which the government needs to win to to carry one one two of a simple majority of suits in the parliament is only sixteen point five percent because of the smallest one one two constancy content only thirty three percent of electorate the election commission has also been accused of favoring the ruling party in other ways it introduced new guidelines regulating images of party officials and banners that has been accused of applying them inconsistently its
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offices have cut up pictures of mahathir mohamad the former prime minister leading the opposition bit from some posters the commission's decision to call for elections on a wednesday is also being seen as a ploy to lower voter turnout the claims of unfairness has always been the agenda of the opposition and it is really for sympathy was to prove that your prayers to the people. and perhaps as a reason really feel very safe with you calling for electoral reform says irregularities in the electoral roll persist including voters registered without their consent and others transferred to a different voting area without their knowledge many analysts say the results of the upcoming election will be close but predict a win for the ruling party florence italy al-jazeera. state malaysia. cambodia supreme court has denied bail to a former opposition leader was arrested on treason charges last year and has been
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in pretrial detention since september he's an i the accusations against him by mr hussein is accused of cracking down on opposition voices in the lead up to elections. today as he has a lot of policy his timing victory in the first local election since the arab spring seventy years ago despite a verse of a low turnout of thirty three percent of it's regarded as an important step into his transition to democracy moment jump to reports. for tunisia which is considered not just the birthplace of the arab spring but also its only success story this is a significant step. for citizens heading to the polls to vote in the first ever democratically free local elections. it's seen as another milestone on the long and difficult road to becoming a full fledged democracy. more than fifty seven thousand candidates are running for office in three hundred fifty municipalities. forty nine percent are women and more
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than half are under the age of thirty five but one officials have called for a large turnout observers don't expect many to come out citing an electorate demoralized by high unemployment a weak economy and years of austerity a lack of trust in politicians especially by young people is but one more challenge to the general population and we have already begun. with electric progress and. you know. we're not looking at all. the reason. that you need. not. worry in the daily life i mean there are going to be issues. that. need to weigh. frustration with the economy and anger arising from the government's austerity measures led to protests in january
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analysts say low voter turnout in these municipal polls could be dangerous to the future of democracy in tunisia that it would call into question the legitimacy of those elected they're in power and they won't have any support around them they think they mean. and they will not be able to. make a. more objective really good life in the country the elections were meant to be a way of giving more power to municipal councils throughout the country while it's still far too early to tell what these polls mean for the future the results are expected to be a sign of the political direction tunisia may be going into ahead of presidential and legislative elections next year how much. russia is preparing to say that i'm a pittance sworn in as president for the fourth time in the coming hour. and follows his landslide election victory in march person has now been in power as
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president or prime minister for eighteen years many at home say is reinstated russia's role as a major global power but he's faced international criticism for alex in crimea from ukraine and cracking down on political dissent in law spend at least another six years in the kremlin. in the commission has been set up to investigate the killing of at least forty five protesters during anti-government demonstrations more rallies have been held to demand justice for the protests against the president started last month when daniel ortega proposed reforms to social security spending plans were abandoned following widespread protests. in mexico and the second part i was there as investigation into medical malpractise and brain surgery some doctors suspect serious flaws in an experimental device invented by the state you know a logical institute john holeman explains how hundreds of patients were affected over the past fourteen years. over fourteen years almost five hundred
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patients were fitted with an experimental unapproved device a top public neurological institute you learned the good at it was among them it was done without her or her husband's knowledge. they asked us to sign a bit of paper but never that it was going to be a valve or a tube that was part of an experiment they never told us anything about that. three doctors working at the institute at the time told how does either that the same is true for other patients who received the implant it was designed to treat hydrocephalus that's excess fluid in the brain by draining it down through a chub into the stomach area. this man invented the device and patented it julio sotelo he was also the director of the same national neurology and neurosurgery institute where it was pressed into use despite never being approved
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by medical authorities have equipment that you know there was a recommendation i would see a demand that you had to recognize the brilliant idea of sotelo the institute the health ministry and the to sort tell himself were fused to talk to out to syria he's always maintained that studies show his device was effective. neither he nor the national institute has ever been sanctioned for its unauthorized use despite a commission of medical arbitrage clearly stating that malpractise occurred in your landers case. dr eggen a tile who still works at the national institute has one word for it all. impunity impunity at every level he says. meanwhile your land and one man oil had to sell their flat to pay medical bills their claims for compensation have fallen on deaf ears mexico's attorney general's office kept them waiting for eight
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years only to tell them it wouldn't take any action all the time you learned his health is worsening although it's unclear if that has any connection to the device . i'm frightened of dying of leaving my daughter i'm just so tired there are days in which i just think it would be better if i died fighting. against the backdrop of silence a congresswoman and n.g.o.s have taken the case to the into american human rights commission. it's unlikely to succeed but it is a fresh attempt to get justice for the hundreds of people treated as guinea pigs over fourteen years. john holeman how does it or mexico city. how many battles have been reenact says in s.l.e. . saud's spades and axes as part of a global competition one it's not quite a fight to the death like in the old days eighty wounded find says did need
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emergency hospital treatment on the first day of this year's championship. this is these are our top stories votes are being counted on to lebanon's first parliamentary elections and ninety is official results are expected in a few hours but supporters of major parties have already been out on the streets celebrating turnout was less than fifty percent iran's president has warned the u.s. against pulling out of the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal saying it will suffer historic remorse if it does pass on rouhani also said that iran has plans to respond to any decision by president donald trump trump has less than a week to decide whether he'll withdrawal from the agreement at least thirty homes have been destroyed and almost two thousand forced to leave off the the eruption of why is calera a volcano lover has spread to around thirty six thousand square meters and it can
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be seen shooting sixty meters into the. rebel fighters are leaving an enclave near the syrian city of homs under a deal brokered by russia a number of factions have handed over heavy weapons to the syrian army fighters are being evacuated to rebel held areas in the north the agreement is also allowed the process of reopening the highway between homs and hama to begin being closed for seven years. the head of a provincial council in southern yemen is criticizing what he calls the unjustified saudi and merely military presence on an island in the arabian sea protests began when amorality troops followed forced to leave the contre on thursday it has an air and sea port with easy access to the horn of africa yemen's prime minister describes the u.s. troop deployment as an assault on sufferance a seventeen year old is in a critical condition after being raped and satellites in india is the second such
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case in two days in the state of jharkhand police say they've arrested the main suspect in the gang rape and murder of another teenage girl dano boyan and several of thomas' are accused of burning a sixteen year old alive after her parents complained to village elders about the sexual assault. and another suspect was said to be angry that the elders had find them several hundred dollars as punishment fifteen people have now been detained those are your headlines news continues here on al jazeera off to rewind. to the jewish. at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east. to school today.
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